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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.
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- Phone lifespan raises to 10+ years.
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- Nemomobile
- Droidian
- Mobile NixOS
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Linux Mobile Hardware:
- Fairphone 5
- Volla Phone
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Lol no, the pinephone had an allwinter processor that would have been fine in ~2014, cant speak to the specs of the pinephone pro, but I would imagine they were better.
The issues with the model I had were mostly hardware related. The expectation of "it just works" are being completed for the linux desktop enviroments now-ish. I have not played with my pinephone in a long while, but linux phones should still be a few years behind.
I have the original PinePhone lying around, it was honestly already a piece of crap when it came out. Laggy to all hell for me with horrible battery life. Maybe it's gotten better since then, but I can't recommend it
I had to re-solder my battery contacts. Ended up embedding it into a pipboy like project right after I got my first 3d printer. Its been collecting dust since.
Really, the only thing on it I would like for anyone else to adopt is the hardware switches under the back case. Looking at you Fairphone, steal that. Given the nature of mobile design in [current year], its a wonderful piece-of-mind feature that the nerds who want/can move away from apple and google would really appreciate.